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In Part 2, you talk for one to two minutes about the task card. Then the examiner asks you one or two questions related to your answer, and this completes Part 2. These questions test your ability to give a relevant ans, with a range of vocabulary.� IJ
Imagine you have completed your two-minute talk on the Part 2 task card below. T he examiner will ask you one more question. Listen to an example answer. Which question, 1 or 2, does it answer?r Talk about a subject you are studying.
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what subject you are studying what the subject is about how you feel about it
and explain why you are interested in it.
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1 Would you like a job connected to the subject you are studying?
2 Are your friends or family interested in the subject too?
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Read and listen to the example answer again. Write T (true) or F (false) for sentences 1-3 below.,
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think it is a very nice subject. My mother thinks it is nice and always asks me questions about law. I have lots of friends on the course, and we want to get a nice job when we graduate.
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1 The answer is relevant to the topic ... .
2 The answer includes all parts of the question ... ..
3 The speaker repeats some words ... .
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Look at the example answer in Exercise 2 again. Underline the three adjectives and replace each adjective with one of the adjectives below.( ___ g_o_o_d __ im_port_ _a_n_t __ inte_ _re_s_tin_g ___ )
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Listen and check. Assess the answer again using sentences 1-3 in Exercise 2. Which answer has changed?I
Part 3 tests your ability to express your opinion in a clear way and to use relevant language and a range of vocabulary.see GRAMMAR page 145 and more
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Exam tip
Remember to include other relevant
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Record your answers to the questions in Exercise 1. Use the questions below to check your answer. Use the questions to check your partner's answer.• Are your answers relevant to the topic?
• Do you answer all parts of the question?
• Do you repeat any words?
• How many different adjectives do you use?
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You will hear three people answering the three questions below. Read the questions and match each one to a speaker 1-3.a Is it a good idea to live with your family when you are studying? ... . b Compare your experience of education to your parents' generation ... . c Do you think your country has a good education system? ... .
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Record your answers to the questions in Exercise 6. Read the sentences below and write T (true) or F (false) to assess your answers. Then check your partner's answer.1 The answer is four or more sentences long ... . 2 The answer is relevant to the topic ... ..
3 The answer includes a range of adjectives and adverbs ... ..
Practice for the test Part 1
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Listen to five· Part 1 questions. Record your answer to each question.Part2
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Read the Part 2 task card.P;lan your answer. You have one minute for this in the exam.
Then record your answer.
You have one to two minutes for this in the exam.
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Answer the question below to complete Part 2. Record your ahswer.Talk about a subject you are studying.
You should say:
which subject you are studying what the subject is about how you feel about it
and explain why you are interested in it.
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present simple. Part 3
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L!sten to five Part 3 questions. Answ�r two of the questions and record your answer.�o
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Exam tip
Remember that scanning the text (moving your eyes down it quickly to find specific information) saves time when you read. The following four exercises help you practise scanning. They all refer to the text on page 71.
Exam tip
Use the text style or formatting to help you find the information in the text that you are looking for, e.g.
uppercase letters, numbers, italics, bold print, quotation marks and other visual information.
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Develop your exam skills
In the exam, you may be given a table or a flow chart (a series of steps linked by arrows) with gaps in it. You will need to read a passage to find the missing information. The answers may be in one particular section of the text, but are unlikely to be in the same order as the gaps. You will be told how many words from the text you should use, e.g. no more than two words and/or a number, one word only.
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Look at the text Is it better to go abroad to study? Read the headings to understand the organization of the text. Decide which paragraph(s) you would need to read properly if you only wanted to find out about the reasons why people choose to study abroad.Paragraph number(s): ... .
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Scan the text again to find names of countries, people and organizations.Complete the table.
Countries People Organizations or institutions
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For this exercise, scan the text again in one minute if you can. Scan the text for the different items in the table. Feed back as a class. See how long it takes to find any information you missed.Numbers
Words in bold print
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Scan the text quickly again to answer the following questions.1 Which paragraph(s) give(s) somebody's opinion?
2 What does somebody really want people to understand?
3 Which two paragraphs talk about the country that is the most welcoming to overseas students?
4 Which paragraph gives examples to explain what an internationalization approach is?
see GRAMMAR page 153 and more
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